9th Annual Labour
Econometrics Workshop
11-12 August 2006
General Information
The Labour Econometrics Workshop
(LEW) is an annual Australasian event hosted by a different university each
year. Its goal is to provide an opportunity for researchers in applied
microeconom(etr)ics to share and receive feedback on their work,
particularly new or preliminary papers and particularly (although not
necessarily) in the areas of labour and health. Sufficient time is devoted
to each paper to enable a serious discussion of methodological and technical
issues. Organisers strive to make the pool of presenters a blend of
established researchers and junior scholars.
LEW 2006
The 9th Annual
LEW was run by UniSA with the joint support of
the School of Commerce and the CRMA. The
workshop was held over two days - Friday, August 11 and Saturday, August 12
- on UniSA's City East campus.
Professor William Becker of Indiana University was the guest speaker,
and he presented a talk entitled, "Economics,
Econometrics and Policy Studies in Higher Education".
Please refer to the
final program for details on the paper sessions.
Papers
Increasing
returns to education: theory and evidence
by
Alison Booth, Melvyn Coles and Xiaodong Gong
Why are high-ability
individuals from poor backgrounds under-represented at university?
by
Buly A. Cardak and Chris Ryan
Estimating teacher quality from changes in students' test scores (paper not
available)
by Andrew Leigh
Pecuniary and
non-pecuniary effects on teacher turnover and mobility
by
S. Bradley, C.
Green and Gareth Leeves
The importance of
dropping out of school before taking examinations in analysing academic
performance
by
Guyonne Kalb
and Sholeh A. Maani
Can
investment in household enterprise advance childrens school attendance?
(paper not available)
by
Chikako Yamauchi
The impact of young motherhood in
Australia
by Bruce
Bradbury
Nurse behaviour in New
South Wales
by
Michelle Cunich and Stephen Whelan
State dependence in youth labour
market experiences
by
Denise Doiron and Tue Grgens
Low earnings: A sticky stepping stone
for unemployment benefit recipients
by Peng
Yu
The effects of health on wages of Australian men
by Lixin
Cai
The robustness of the different
health measures with respect to life style choices
by Paul
Frijters and Aydogan Ulker